Desserts

Okay, so here’s the thing. I’ve made this pumpkin spice latte cake about seven times now (yes, really), and I’m still not sick of it. The first two attempts were… let’s just say my family politely ate them and changed…

So last week I was scrolling TikTok at like 11pm (bad habit, I know), and these frozen peanut butter yogurt bites kept popping up on my feed. And I’m sitting there thinking… is this actually good or is this just…

Okay, so I’m gonna be honest with you. I burned this thing twice before I figured out what I was doing wrong. And by burned, I don’t mean the intentional burnt top that makes basque cheesecake so famous—I mean like,…

Okay, so here’s the thing about Christmas chocolate chip cookies—I’ve been making them wrong for years. Like, seriously wrong. Last December, I made a batch that literally looked like sad, flat pancakes with chocolate chips scattered on top. My kids…

So my mom called me last week asking for “that apple cake you made last Thanksgiving,” and I had to break it to her—I never made an apple cake last Thanksgiving. Turns out she was thinking of my aunt Linda….

Okay, so here’s the thing. I’ve been obsessed with apple cider donuts since forever, but there’s this little problem—the good ones sell out by 9 AM at the orchard, and I’m definitely not a morning person. So last October, I…

Strawberry Sugar Cookies That Actually Taste Like Strawberries (Finally!) Look, I’m gonna be honest. I’ve made strawberry sugar cookies at least a dozen times trying to get them RIGHT, and most attempts ended up tasting like… well, nothing. Just regular…

Gilmore Girls Coffee Cake Cookies That’ll Make You Want to Binge-Watch the Whole Series Again Okay, so I’m gonna be honest with you. I’ve made these Gilmore Girls coffee cake cookies like… six times now? Maybe seven. Lost count after…

Maraschino cherry chocolate chip cookies weren’t even on my radar until my daughter came home from a friend’s house last December absolutely raving about them. “Mom, they were PINK. And they had cherries AND chocolate. You HAVE to make them.” So naturally I spent…